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01/31/2018, Amazon continues to expand the functionality of its Alexa digital personal assistant. The company has confirmed that its assistant is now capable of allowing users to send SMS messages to their contacts with just voice commands. They simply need to ask...

01/30/2018, There have been reports over the past year that Amazon might be thinking about breaking into the healthcare industry. It perhaps one of the more complex and challenging industries that the company has tried to disrupt, but it will go ahead and do it...

01/29/2018, In this digital day and age, advertising is one of the standard ways that companies can make money, whether it be running a website, operating a YouTube channel, managing an account on Instagram, playing games, and so on. This is why we’re actually...

01/24/2018, Want a phone on the cheap? There are plenty of budget phones out there, but one of the features of Amazon’s Prime Exclusive program is that it takes those prices even lower. However in exchange for these low prices, Amazon will be preloading the phones...

01/21/2018, It has been over a year since Amazon teased a concept brick-and-mortar grocery store of the future. There won’t be any cashiers at a store and no checkout lines. Customers will be able to walk in, take stuff off of the shelves, and just walk out....

01/19/2018, We imagine it can be a bit confusing that Amazon has an Alexa app for mobile devices, but yet despite the name, the app doesn’t actually contain the Alexa digital assistant, but rather it’s an interface in which you use to control Alexa devices, like...

01/19/2018, Amazon’s Prime service used to be an annual subscription where for $99 a year, customers would get free shipping, access to music and movie streaming, discounts, exclusive deals, and so on. However at $99 a year, it does seem a bit expensive for someone...

01/18/2018, Amazon Studios has made a name for itself by picking out some great niche independent projects to stock up its TV and movie library. It has been a regular fixture at the Sundance Film Festival in recent years where it buys these art-house movies. However,...

01/18/2018, Amazon ships to most parts of the world, but in terms of local operations, the company’s presence is only available in a handful of countries. However in 2017, Amazon expanded their operations to Australia and New Zealand, and also announced that they...

01/16/2018, With the number of products and services that are available for subscription these days, the amount that we end up paying on a monthly basis can be quite a lot. For example you can subscribe to music and video streaming services, photo storage services,...

01/14/2018, Amazon wants Alexa to stand out from the competition and that involves making its digital personal assistant feel more natural and improving its personal skills. Alexa is already pretty good at offering suggestions and recommendations for a wide variety...

01/08/2018, [CES 2018] If you’re looking to make your car smarter, there are some options available, such as Apple’s CarPlay or Android Auto, just to name a few. However these can be rather expensive addons, but if you’re not looking for anything too...

01/08/2018, [CES 2018] Recently Amazon announced that they would be releasing tools to help expand Alexa’s availability into more devices, and it seems that ASUS will be one of the companies taking Amazon up on their offer. The company has recently confirmed at CES...

01/07/2018, If you’re not an anime fan you may not be aware that Amazon has been running an anime service called Anime Strike. It was a streaming platform that provided subscribers access to a wide variety of anime titles. However, the company has now decided...